2.6.12 vs. /sbin/cardmgr

[Bob Tracy]

I've got a Mandrake 10.0 system with a 2.6.12 kernel presently.
Somewhere between 2.6.11 and 2.6.12, /sbin/cardmgr from the
pcmcia-cs-3.2.5-3mdk package decided it needs to consume incredible
amounts of CPU time when invoked the first time following a boot.
You can definitely notice the load on the system.

Stopping cardmgr requires a "kill -9": softer kills are ignored.
Restarting cardmgr produces the following output:

cardmgr[3731]: watching 2 sockets
cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xc00-0xcff: Device or resource busy
cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x100-0x4ff: Device or resource busy
cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xc0000-0xfffff: Input/output error
cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: Input/output error
cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: Input/output error
cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x1000-0x1fff: Device or resource busy
cardmgr[3731]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xa00-0xaff: Device or resource busy

But at least it doesn't seem to be running around in tight circles at
this point :-).

System is a Dell Latitude CPxJ notebook that continues to work fine
with 2.6.11 and older kernels.  Any idea what changed between 2.6.11
and 2.6.12 that might be causing this problem?  I can probably provide
more info on request.

As usual, thanks in advance.

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